Adding subtitles in Premiere Elements 13

How do I add subtitles/closed captioning (for the hard of hearing) into my video using Premiere Elements 13?

thecostasaurus
Premiere Elements (any version) does not offer closed captioning.
The program does have a Titler that will allow you to create titles (still, crawling, or rolling) within the frame of
the video (overlays) or you can create titles between clips.
Adobe Premiere Elements Help | Creating and trimming titles
dding titles | Learn Premiere Elements 11 | Adobe TV
You may want to check out Premiere Pro for its closed captioning opportunities.
Any questions or need clarification, please do not hesitate to ask.
Thank you.
ATR

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mattrayl
What computer operating system is your Premiere Elements 12 running on? Have you updated 12 to 12.1 Update using an opened project's Help Menu/Update?
If not, please do so.
You wrote
Once I move the clip to the timeline I get the error message
What are the properties of the clip that you mention? If you added the clip to the project first, does the problem occur?
The above are the initial questions that come to mind.
Looking at this further....
Since you wrote
This problem happen after I have been using the program successfully to two hours.
Let us start with how much content (including source media, effects, titles, and transitions) you have on the Timeline at this 2 hour mark when the program stops working? Is there a consistent pattern of what you are doing in the program when this happens? Are you multitasking and running Premiere Elements?
Can you reopen this project? And, if so, how long can you work with it before the program shuts down again?
What is your project preset and the properties of your source media for the project?
Does the problem exist with all your projects or just this one?
We will be watching for answers to these preliminary questions and then we will plan our troubleshooting strategy according to your details.
Thanks.
ATR

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Fadel,
Those are the Project settings. For AVCHD material, you will need to use the proper AVCHD Project Preset.
To emphasize what Steve said, the Project Preset MUST match the Source Footage, as close to 100%, as is possible. At this stage, the output is not an issue, and would not even be considered.* With the proper Preset for the Source Footage, editing will be as smooth, as is possible, with the least amount of issues.
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As an example, taking your case, you have AVCHD footage, so would use an AVCHD Preset. When editing was complete, as you do not wish to produce to a BD (Blu-ray Disc), I would recommend this workflow:
Export/Share as PAL (your case), DV-AVI, and then create a New Project (this will be for authoring to DVD-Video), with the PAL DV Preset. Import that PAL DV-AVI into it, set any Chapter Markers, choose any Menus, and then author/burn to DVD-Video. [Do keep your original AVCHD Project, probably via the Archiver, in case you do later get a BD burner, and want to author a BD Project.]
Good luck, and wish that I could help with the German to Swiss translations.
Hunt
* The one exception with Source Material and Project Preset is when you do NOT have any Video, but only Still Images. Then, and only then, you would decide what your necessary output would be, You would then choose a Project Preset, that matches that output, and Scale your Still Images to match that. Edit and output to those specifications. Remember, this is ONLY when you have no Video to start with.

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I am making essentially a "silent movie" or slide show, which will be a standard 48kHz NSTC digital video, to be played as background at a function, with a number of text "slides" explaining the pictures and separating them. I am not able to make these in any easy way in PrE, which is a limitation I have
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A

Hi Steve, thanks for the quick response.
The solution that works best for me is to make a solid colour picture in PhE 720x480, and use that in PrE to insert into the timeline whenever I need a separator/subtitle. Then in PrE use the the Title option to add the words. It does not matter whether the solid colour picture is JPG or PSD. There is no degradation problem.
(Incidentally, once you have hit the Title button, there seems to be no "cancel" and you will end up with a title willy-nilly, which you than can subsequently delete.)
The real problem is the degradation that I mentioned, and I wonder if this applies across the board, too, but I have not had the time or the acuity to check it out.
First of all, everything works just fine in PrE 3. This problem is only is PrE10.
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I do not know if pictures can be uploaded in this forum, or if I should upload the material to Rapidshare, but in the meantime I will try to do a verbal description.
The solid colour picture, done in PhE, has the following numbers: H 45, S 90, B 93, R 238, G 184, B 23. The text is then done in Adobe Caslon 72 points, total black. It all looks perfect, and remains perfect in PrE3.
in PrE10, loading the picture into the Clip Monitor everything still looks fine. But inserting the picture into the timeline brings the degradation. I have taken a snapshot of the result, after rendering, and examined the BMP file in PhE. Throughout the picture, not in the immediate vicinity of the text, the numbers now are: H 45, S 100, B 71, R 180, G 135, B 0. In the immediate vicinity of the text the numbers are the same with the following exception: B 80, R 204, B 154. In some locations there is fringing by the text so that the numbers are: H 45, S 87, B 100, R 235, G 198, B 34.
I am flummoxed.
A

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In addition to Hunt's questions, I would ask:
1. What are the brand, model, and settings for your camera? What are the properties of the video that it generates?
2. Are you accepting the project preset automatically being given you after you drag your video to the Timeline (Expert view) or are you setting the project preset in the New Project dialog yourself. The project preset should match the properties of your source media. Sometimes the program's choice is not appropriate. Please check under Edit Menu/Project Settings to see what the program is setting and compare that with what you know are the properties of the source media.
For Properties Readout, please consider the free MediaInfo
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en
3. Is the audio messing up the only problem that you are having? If so, where is it manifesting itself
a. when you playback the rendered Timeline in the Edit Mode Monitor
or
b. when you playback the exported Timeline on one of your players
or
c. other
How is it messing up...distorted sound or audio out of sync?
Getting more information on the above will help us to work together to resolve your issue.
Thanks.
ATR

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That's it. I had made some subtitles in Premiere Elements 4.0 and now I need someone who have Premiere Pro (i'm not sure which version) continue working in it. Is that possible?
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To my knowledge, the answer is no.
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silkman1
I would be glad for the opportunity to customize a Premiere Elements 12 answer to your Premiere Elements 12 issue.
But, I want to make sure that we are together on the details. This is my understanding of what you have written. Please review and let me
know if I am misinterpreting anything that you have written.
You have a video created in Windows Movie Maker.
How did you output the video from Windows Movie Maker...wmv or mp4, what was the frame size and frame rate of that export?
Next you import that video into Premiere Elements 12 (can we assume that this is on Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64 bit?)
From what you wrote, you have applied a pan and zoom effect to your video in Premiere Elements.
Now you go to export the Premiere Elements 12 Timeline content with your video with the pan and zoom applied.
But, the pan and zoom effect is not seen in playback of the export.
Is all of the above correct so far?
If so....we are going to need some more details from you...
a. What is the project preset that you or the project are setting to match the properties of the video coming from Movie maker? See Edit Menu/Project Settings/General and the readings for Editing Mode, Timebase, Frame Rate, and Pixel Aspect Ratio even if the fields look grayed out.
b. Are you applying the pan and zoom effect with the Pan and Zoom Tool, fx Effects Presets, or keyframing the Scale (for Zoom) and
Position (for Pan) in the Motion Panel expanded?
c. What are you selecting as your export in Publish+Share/. Please give details...are you using default settings or customizing the export
setting under the Advanced Button/Video Tab and Audio Tab of the preset selected?
I am suspecting some sort of mismatch of your project settings or some problems with working with the Pan and Zoom tool. I need
your answers to help me help you. If I have written anything that you do not understand, please let me know. I will re-write if necessary
so that we are in sync to resolve the issue.
Thanks.
ATR

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Hello to hopefully my new best friends
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Kim,
I've not done this in PrE, so someone else will have to tell you where my process goes off, or exactly how to easily do it in PrE. In PrPro, I can do exactly as you have done, then create Sub-Clips from each of those segments in my Timeline. This will then place them into a Bin (like a folder that I create) in my Project Panel. I have the availability to use many different Columns there, and can even create them to suit. I can also order those Columns, so that say "Description" is the first Column visible, after the Clip/Sub-Clip's name. Some of the Columns, like Description, are text boxes, and I can easily fill them in with just the type of annotation, that you describe. When working on Projects, similar to yours, I will move Description to the head of the list, with Video Usage, and then Audio Usage next. Other attribute Columns follow along, and are ordered to my preferences.
Sorry that I am much less familiar with PrE, as most of my Projects there are rather simple. Still, I know that PrE offers one the ability to display several text Columns in Project Panel, so that part should work. I am just unsure of the Sub-Clips, so that you can easily see just what you have Cut.
Good luck, and I am sure that others will be along in a bit, and can point you to an exact workflow, that will get you what you want.
Hunt
BTW - by using single words in Descriptions, I can even Sort by that Column. Not sure where the alpha runs out - first letter of first word, or something else?
PS - Welcome to the forum!

Can I use Premiere Elements 11 to make a on/off DVD subtitle?

I want to burn a DVD with an on/off sub-title option using Adobe Elements 11 (Windows 64 bit), is this possible?

Sminty
If you mean subtitles that the viewer can turn on or off at playback of the Premiere Elements disc product, the answer is No.
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Any questions or need clarification, please ask.
Thank you.
ATR

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I made a slideshow in Photoshop Elements 6 and sent it to Premiere Elements 4. I was able to burn it and it plays on our TV. Now I want to add music to it. I first looked at the slideshow in Premiere Elements 4 but could not figure out how to add the music using that program.
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I create all of my slideshows in Premiere Pro, so I am learning a lot about the interaction between PSE and PE from your thread. Were it not for Barbs instructions to Break Apart the slide show from PSE, I would never have thought of that. As you say, learn something new everyday. I also only have the full Photoshop, not PS Elements, so I do not know what PSE offers. See, Im learning things right there.
Now, lets see if I can give you an easy way to do the Fade-out of your Audio, and not confuse you. There are several ways to do this, but I like to use the Audio Mixer. Maybe its because it looks like my mixing console from my analog days and Im comfortable with the pot (potentiometer) control that is displayed.
You have now followed Barbs instructions to Break Apart the slide show. You are now in the Timeline view and have expanded it horizontally and maybe the two main Track (Audio, where your music is, and Video) vertically, so that you can see your Clips (your slides). Go to the menu at the top of the Workspace and click Window. This will give you a drop-down menu. About 7/8 of the way down, click on Audio Mixer. This would be written as Window>Audio Mixer. This will open a new Panel, Audio Mixer. At the top of this new Panel are the names of your Audio Tracks, say Audio 1, Audio 2, Narration and Music. Because you could have your music on about any of these, youll need to match up its location (left side of the Timeline will give you the exact Track name) with the names of the various Tracks in the Audio Mixer. Once you have that name match, the fun begins.
I like to place the CTI (the Current Time Indicator) a bit ahead of where I will want to make my change. This gives me some time to get ready. Lets say that your music IS on the Music Track. Looking down below that label in the Audio Mixer, you can see a round knob marked Balance. Look down below that and youll see a vertical window marked Level, with a chart just to the right of it. There are three elements to that chart: a black slot line, and small horizontal rectangle with a horizontal line in it and then numbers with +s and -s. That horizontal rectangle is the pot (potentiometer) handle and is what we will be using. It is probably set a 0, but it might reflect a sound level set previously, maybe in PSE. You might want to jot down where it is set right now, in case we need to go back.
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The other way to do this is to add an Audio Transition to the end of your music. I use Constant Power from the Audio Transitions pre-sets for this. One can alter the length of these Transitions to fit the time desired for the Fade-out. When it comes to steps involved, this might be the easiest method, but I like the control of Keyframes, and like to use the Audio Mixer to achieve the effect that I am listening for.
As with most Adobe programs, there are several ways to get what you desire. These methods usually only differ by degrees for control. Some are almost one click and drag solutions, other require user input. The beauty is that the simple way will often get what you want, while the latter will allow much more control.
Personally, Id try all three, just to see which one is easier for you and which one allows you the exact effect that you want.
I hope that the forum formatting will bring in the characters that I have used, so you can see them. If you get a bunch of little solid black blocks, it did not. That is why I also added the annotations to tell you what the symbol is.
Good luck,
Hunt

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Thank you.
ATR

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Before saving in Premiere Elements 11 (Raw File)
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Frosty,
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So glad that you are up and editing.
Paul_LS is a real asset to this forum, especailly with regards to HD material.
Now, I do not hold it against him, that he's in the UK. What I do hold against him is that he won't join me for a "pint," when we're at our flat in Mayfair. Maybe he has a "thing" against "yanks." [Of course you know that I am kidding - big time. Of course I am NOT kidding about Paul_LS's contributions to this forum.]
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